Combined hinge and door holder



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COMBINED HINGE AND 060R HOLDER! APPLICATION FILED N22, I922.

1,429,416, Q I PatntedSept 19,1922,

[NV/ENTER Patented Sept. 19, 1922.

THOMAS WILLIAM rannor LONDON, ENGLAND.

. coivrnrnnn HINGE Ann noon HOLDER.

Application fi1ed January 2, 1922. Serial No. 526,459.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS IVILLIAM F ADE, of 18 Reporton Road, Fulham,London, S. IV. 6, a subject oftheKing of Great Britain and Ireland, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Hinge and DoorHolders; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the same.

i This invention relates to hinges and while it is particularly designedfor doors which are liable to the action of wind pressure (as forexample ships cabin doors) it will be clear that it is capable ofgeneral application to any door orother part which is required to behinged and which it is desirable should be capable of being temporarilyheld in any desired position within the limits of movement of the hinge.A

The invention consists in a hinge so c011 structed and arranged that itwill be self-' looking or self-holding in any 7 position within thelimits of the movement of the hinged members.

The invention also consists in a hinge so constructed and arranged thatit. may be moved into any position within the limits of itsmovement bythe application of pressure and will be self-holding as soon as suchpressure is released.

The invention also consists in a hinge em bodying a ratchet connectionbetween the parts adapted to be secured respectively to the two partstobe hinged.

The invention also consists in the arrange-' ment of hinge hereinafterdescribed and illustrated.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation showing one convenient form of hingeconstructed and arranged in accordance with the invention, and

Figure 2 is a view showing a detail.

In carrying my invention into eifect in one convenient manner Iconstruct my improved hinge with the usual side. members AA, suchmembers being pivotally united by means of a non-rotatable bolt G whichpasses through the lugs BC at the upper part of the members and the lugD at the lower part of one of'said members. The

lug D is serrated or toothed or otherwise.

suitably formed so that it co-operates in the manner of a ratchet with amovable collar E correspondingly 1 serrated or toothed. The collar E isslidable upon but notrotatable on the bolt G,the latter being square orotherw se formed to co-operate with a similarly formed aperture in thecol'larE whereby the desired" result is obtained, it being understoodthat the lug C is formed with a square bore to prevent the rotation ofthe pin or bolt. The collar E is pressed by a spring F into engagementwith the lug D to cause the serrations of the collar to interlock orinterengage with those of the lug.

It will be evident that with such ahinge the parts to be hinged will beheld relatively to one another in any position in which theforce-producing movement of the hinge is releasedand the resistance tomovement of the hinge from such position against. the application of asteady pressure will depend upon the angle of the cooperating ratchetteeth and the strength of the spring F tending to maintain such teeth incontact.

The application, however, of a compara-,

tively small force suddenly applied to disengage the serrations willenable the hinge to be moved so that the parts may be closed or openedor otherwise adjusted relatively to one another.

'My improved hinge, therefore, is par% ticularly suitable for use inconnection with ships cabin doors, for example, since with the hinges soarranged thedoor will remain I fixed in any posltlon 1n whlch it may beset against the application of wind pressure, for example, or any othersteady pres sure which is within the limits of the clevice, while at thesame time the sudden application of a comparatively small pressure awill be suflicient to release the holding device and enable the hinge tofunction in the usual manner.

It will be clear that the invention is not I to be confined to anyparticular form or construction of hinge nor to any particular purposefor which the same is to be employed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A hlnge comprising two hinge members provided at one end with lugsand one of the members attheother end provided with a lug having aclutch face, a nonrotatable hingebolt passing through the lugsand'hingedly connecting said memhere, a non-rotatable clutch membermovable lengthwise on the hinge bolt into and out of engagement with theclutch of last mentioned lug, and a spring coiled on the hinge boltpressing on said clutch member.

2. A hinge comprising two hinge members each provided at one end With ahinge lug and one of the hinge members provided at the other end with ahinge lug having a clutch face, a non-rotatable hinge bolt passingthrough the lugs and hingedly connecting said members, the hinge boltadjacent to the last mentioned lug having a multilateral surface, anon-rotatable clutch member lengthwise movable on the multilateralsurface of the hinge bolt into and out of engagement with the clutchmember of said lug, and a spring coiled on the hinge bolt pressing theclutch members into engage nient.

Dated at the city of Toronto, Province of Ontario, Canada, this 31st dayof December, A. D. 1921.

THOMAS lVlLLlAli/I FADE. lVitnesses:

CHAS. I-l. RroHEs, ROBERT MCCLINTOOK.

